BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//thewisesenior.com//Medicare and Social Security dates//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Wise Senior — Medicare & Social Security dates X-WR-CALDESC:Enrollment windows whose dates are fixed by statute\, plus sc heduled data releases. Announcement dates that move year to year are deli berately absent: a guessed date in a calendar looks like a checked fact. BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gep-2026@thewisesenior.com DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260401 SUMMARY:General Enrollment Period (Part A and Part B) DESCRIPTION:January 1 through March 31 every year.\n\nSign up for Part B ( and premium Part A) if you missed your Initial Enrollment Period and do n ot qualify for a Special Enrollment Period. Since 2023 your coverage star ts the month after you sign up — it no longer waits until July 1\, which used to leave people uninsured for months. A late enrollment penalty usua lly still applies.\n\nSource: https://www.medicare.gov/basics/get-started -with-medicare/sign-up/when-does-medicare-coverage-start TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ma-oep-2026@thewisesenior.com DTSTAMP:20260101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260401 SUMMARY:Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period DESCRIPTION:January 1 through March 31\, and only if you are already enrol led in a Medicare Advantage plan.\n\nSwitch to a different Medicare Advan tage plan (with or without drug coverage)\, or drop your Advantage plan a nd go back to Original Medicare — in which case you can also join a separ ate Medicare drug plan. Coverage starts the first of the month after the plan gets your request. This window does not let you join an Advantage pl an from Original Medicare.\n\nSource: https://www.medicare.gov/basics/get -started-with-medicare/sign-up/when-does-medicare-coverage-start TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bls-cpi-2026-08-12@thewisesenior.com DTSTAMP:20260812T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260812 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260813 SUMMARY:BLS publishes CPI for 2026-07 DESCRIPTION:One of the twelve monthly figures that set the following year' s Medicare income brackets. Scheduled by BLS.\n\nSource: https://api.bls. gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/CUUR0000SA0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:aep-2026@thewisesenior.com DTSTAMP:20261015T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261208 SUMMARY:Medicare Open Enrollment Period (Advantage and drug plans) DESCRIPTION:October 15 through December 7 every year.\n\nJoin\, drop or sw itch a Medicare Advantage plan (with or without drug coverage)\, switch b etween Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage\, or join\, drop or switc h a Medicare drug plan. Coverage starts January 1 of the next year\, and the plan must get your request by December 7.\n\nSource: https://www.medi care.gov/basics/get-started-with-medicare/sign-up/when-does-medicare-cove rage-start TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gep-2027@thewisesenior.com DTSTAMP:20270101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270401 SUMMARY:General Enrollment Period (Part A and Part B) DESCRIPTION:January 1 through March 31 every year.\n\nSign up for Part B ( and premium Part A) if you missed your Initial Enrollment Period and do n ot qualify for a Special Enrollment Period. Since 2023 your coverage star ts the month after you sign up — it no longer waits until July 1\, which used to leave people uninsured for months. A late enrollment penalty usua lly still applies.\n\nSource: https://www.medicare.gov/basics/get-started -with-medicare/sign-up/when-does-medicare-coverage-start TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ma-oep-2027@thewisesenior.com DTSTAMP:20270101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270401 SUMMARY:Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period DESCRIPTION:January 1 through March 31\, and only if you are already enrol led in a Medicare Advantage plan.\n\nSwitch to a different Medicare Advan tage plan (with or without drug coverage)\, or drop your Advantage plan a nd go back to Original Medicare — in which case you can also join a separ ate Medicare drug plan. Coverage starts the first of the month after the plan gets your request. This window does not let you join an Advantage pl an from Original Medicare.\n\nSource: https://www.medicare.gov/basics/get -started-with-medicare/sign-up/when-does-medicare-coverage-start TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:aep-2027@thewisesenior.com DTSTAMP:20271015T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271208 SUMMARY:Medicare Open Enrollment Period (Advantage and drug plans) DESCRIPTION:October 15 through December 7 every year.\n\nJoin\, drop or sw itch a Medicare Advantage plan (with or without drug coverage)\, switch b etween Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage\, or join\, drop or switc h a Medicare drug plan. Coverage starts January 1 of the next year\, and the plan must get your request by December 7.\n\nSource: https://www.medi care.gov/basics/get-started-with-medicare/sign-up/when-does-medicare-cove rage-start TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:gep-2028@thewisesenior.com DTSTAMP:20280101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280401 SUMMARY:General Enrollment Period (Part A and Part B) DESCRIPTION:January 1 through March 31 every year.\n\nSign up for Part B ( and premium Part A) if you missed your Initial Enrollment Period and do n ot qualify for a Special Enrollment Period. Since 2023 your coverage star ts the month after you sign up — it no longer waits until July 1\, which used to leave people uninsured for months. A late enrollment penalty usua lly still applies.\n\nSource: https://www.medicare.gov/basics/get-started -with-medicare/sign-up/when-does-medicare-coverage-start TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ma-oep-2028@thewisesenior.com DTSTAMP:20280101T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20280101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20280401 SUMMARY:Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period DESCRIPTION:January 1 through March 31\, and only if you are already enrol led in a Medicare Advantage plan.\n\nSwitch to a different Medicare Advan tage plan (with or without drug coverage)\, or drop your Advantage plan a nd go back to Original Medicare — in which case you can also join a separ ate Medicare drug plan. Coverage starts the first of the month after the plan gets your request. This window does not let you join an Advantage pl an from Original Medicare.\n\nSource: https://www.medicare.gov/basics/get -started-with-medicare/sign-up/when-does-medicare-coverage-start TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:aep-2028@thewisesenior.com DTSTAMP:20281015T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20281015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281208 SUMMARY:Medicare Open Enrollment Period (Advantage and drug plans) DESCRIPTION:October 15 through December 7 every year.\n\nJoin\, drop or sw itch a Medicare Advantage plan (with or without drug coverage)\, switch b etween Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage\, or join\, drop or switc h a Medicare drug plan. Coverage starts January 1 of the next year\, and the plan must get your request by December 7.\n\nSource: https://www.medi care.gov/basics/get-started-with-medicare/sign-up/when-does-medicare-cove rage-start TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR